Welcome to week TEN of the Iron Shopper Challenge! Every Monday I will set up this post where you can share and brag about the deals you got at the stores you shop. On Sunday morning I will close this thread and name the winner of the Iron Shopper Challenge for the week. The winner will be selected based on the number of votes their entry gets. So make sure to make your entry appealing to get people to vote for it. Share your deal with friends and family to get more votes too. Competing is OK but having fun is what’s important. I want this to be a forum where you can share and brag about the deals you have gotten.
Who will be the winner this time around? Remember that it’s free and fun to play and you get to share your deals plus you also get a chance to win a $20 prize. For a list of the rules and how-to’s check here.
Important Note: You need to make sure your image is not too large to upload. The file needs to be 1,000 bits. Use a free software like paint.net to make the size of the file it’s not too big.
Have fun!
Hi! I am Mercedes and this is my blog Common Sense with Money! Helping other people live better, spend less, and save more is something I am very passionate about. I combine simple frugal living tips and smart shopping techniques to help moms across the U.S. become better home economists. Thank you for visiting my blog.
So..besides food and household goods you can also find SUPERB deals on other things right?? Well, it just so happens that my husband is getting ready to leave to go to Canada for a fishing trip. Only problem is that he has a pole but no tackle/bait. So, my deal finding self was wondering around K-Mart the other day checking out their 50% off clearance toy selection (nothin left :-[ ), but I continued to browse the rest of the clearance and what did I come across---A TON OF CLEARANCED BAIT/TACKLE!! They already had been reduced but much to my suprise, I scanned them and they were an additional 50-75% off!!! I ended up walking out of K-Mart with $90.00 worth of bait/tackle for the husbands fishing trip and only paid [drumroll please] UNDER $15.00!!! This may not be the best deal out of everyone, but I must say this deal came at the best time possible and I am proud of my deal finding self :-]
Good Morning Everyone!
So I didn’t make a profit but I made the best out of what I had, all while toting an 18 month old who likes to throw my stuff out of the cart and who likes to knock down huge displays of toilet paper so he can say hi to people who walk by as I fix the display. Gotta love him for being so social, right! LOL
Shopping + 18 Mo Old + Huge Displays of TP = FUN TIMES FOR ME!
Anywho, so I usually try to buy only things that generate new ecb’s, but I think I still came out good on this transaction! I got really lucky this week and received a survey to fill out (Earning me $10 ecb’s), a $5/$25 coupon emailed to me and the magic CVS coupon machine helped me score a CVS SoftSoap coupon as well.
So here’s the breakdown:
Huggies $8.99 (earns $3 ecb’s)
Cvs Pantiliners 2/$1 (earns $1 ecb)
Celsius $7.99 (earns $7.99 ecb’s)
Pantene 2/$6.98
SoftSoap Body Wash $4.99
Downey $3.99
Monster Energy Drink (For the Husband who was at home pulling weeds for me in 100+ degree weather) $2.49
$0.05 Bottle Deposit
Huggies -$1.50
Celsius -$2.00
Pantene -$3.49 (B1G1)
Pantene Peelie (on 1 product) -$.50
SoftSoap -$0.75
Downey -$1.00
ECB’s Used
**FREE FREE ( I don’t count these as mine because I didn’t spend any money to earn them)
-$10 Received for filling out CVS Survey
-$5 ($5/$25) Emailed to me because CVS loves me
-$1 Any Soft Soap product (Courtesy of Magic CVS Machine)
**MINE
-$7.99 (From the complete that was $7.99 and you earn $7.99 ecb)
-$2.99 (From the Bio-true that was $2.99-$2.00 (coupon) and you earn $2.99 ecb)
-$1.00 (From pantiliners that are 2/$1 and you earn $1 ecb)
Cost: $36.48
Coupons Used: -$9.24
FREE FREE Ecb’s: -$16.00
MY Ecb’s: -$10.98
Subtotal: $0.26
Tax: $1.88
OOP: $2.14
OOP: $2.14
Ecb’s Used (Not counting FREE FREE): $10.98
Ecb’s Earned: $11.99
My “Cost”: $1.13
Thanks for your time and I hope you vote for my deals!
Pictured is 61 tubes of Crest toothpaste, but overall I purchased 72 (I’ve already given some to family members). I paid somewhere around 3.80 OOP for ALL of them!!!
Operation Christmas Child here I come!!!
What store did you purchase these from?
Dillons…which is an affiliate of Kroger!
i went to cvs this morning.
got 2 rimmel mascara 75% off priced at 2.07
coupons used 2 2.00 off any rimmel product = .07 each
total with tax .35
total saved 16.44
I bought:
5 Olay Regenerist Micro Derm Cleansing Cloths $5.99 each
3 Olay Daily Cleaning Cloths $5.99 each
1 Olay Regenerist Micro-Purifying Foaming Cleanser $8.29
Coupons used:
One $3.00 off Regenerist cleanser 7/4 P&G insert
Three $5.00 off Olay Regenerist moisturizer or cleanser from the P&G Year of Savings book
Four Buy Olay Cleasner Get One Free from the 7/11 SS insert
Paid $14.20 + $4.77 in tax = 18.97, I’ve submitted for the $20 rebate when you buy $50 worth of Olay. http://www.olay.com/publishingimages/offers/rebate/july232010/crossbrand/20_olay.com.pdf
I’m up .59 after rebate including the stamp.
here is the deal i got at target:
9 boxes of kashi @$2.50
4 cans of chef boyardee@$1
2 chef boyardee microwave meals@$.80
4-8 pks of juicy juice@$2.34
2 bottles of tums@$3.24
1 kid cuisine@$1.75
1 bagel bites@$2.37
1 planters nuts@$1.98
5 wonka bars@$1.98
coupons used:
3 kashi buy2 get one free
9 kashi $1.50
9 kashi target $1.00
1 juicy juice $2.00/4
4 target juice juice $1.00
1 con agra buy 4 save $1.50
4 target chef boyardee $1.00
1 target planters nuts $1.00
1 kid cuisine $.75
1 target bagel bites $1.00
2 tums $1.00
2 target tums $1.00
5 wonka $1.00
5 target wonka $1.00
total: $15.06 oop
there are dixie plates in the pic but they were just on a sale price $3.50 and not included in the total
Sarah,
You need to make sure your pic is small enough. You can email me the pic and I can help resize and you can repost it all. Let me know if you want to do that.
Mercedes
here is the deal i got at target:
9 boxes of kashi @$2.50
4 cans of chef boyardee@$1
2 chef boyardee microwave meals@$.80
4-8 pks of juicy juice@$2.34
2 bottles of tums@$3.24
1 kid cuisine@$1.75
1 bagel bites@$2.37
1 planters nuts@$1.98
5 wonka bars@$1.98
coupons used:
3 kashi buy2 get one free
9 kashi $1.50
9 kashi target $1.00
1 juicy juice $2.00/4
4 target juice juice $1.00
1 con agra buy 4 save $1.50
4 target chef boyardee $1.00
1 target planters nuts $1.00
1 kid cuisine $.75
1 target bagel bites $1.00
2 tums $1.00
2 target tums $1.00
5 wonka $1.00
5 target wonka $1.00
total: $15.06 oop!!
there are dixie plates in the pic but they were just on a sale price $3.50 and not included in the total
also, i can’t seem to get the pic to go…..bummer
First Time Bragger, Long Time Penny Pincher here!
We went to Target to take advantage of a few deals and beside it was a PetSmart- so I stopped in and I am SO GLAD I DID!
Beggin’ Strips (normally $3.99) were on sale with a PetPerks card for $1.25 because they expire next month. That took 9 bags of Beggin’ Strips from $35.91 full price, to $11.25
Then, I had (2) $4/4 Manufacturer’s Coupons, good for use on several items, Beggin’ Strips included and (1) $1/1 Manufacturer Coupon good for Beggin’ Strips.
$11.25 dropped to $2.25
Then, I had a PetSmart coupon I received in a bag of cat food, good for $2/1 Petlinks Toy. I found one on clearance for $1.97 (normally a $6 toy).
Then, I had a coupon for $1.50 off 2 bags of Pounce cat treats- which were on sale for $1.11 each, after Petperks (normally $1.35 each).
9 bags of Beggin’ Strips= $2.25
FREE Cat toy (plus $0.03 overage)
2 bags of Pounce Cat Treats= $0.72
Grand Total: $3.17 with tax!
While I didn’t get my total down to pennies like some, I did get some great food and am very excited about this trip!
Target:
3 Merona Hobo Purses $2.50 each
2 Bags of Snyder’s pretzel sandwiches $3.19 each
1 Bag of plain snyder’s pretzels $2.59
2 boxes of ritz crackerfuls $2 each
1 bottle of Ocean Spray BlueBerry Juice $1.98
4 packages of Juicy Juice drink boxes $2.29 each
1 La Croix carton $2.50
16 Chef boyardee microwave containers .80 each
3 Bagel Bites packages $2.24
3 Simply Pink Lemonade Jugs $2.19
18 boxes of olay travel size bar soaps .97 each
4 packages of Bic Mechanical pencils $1.39
8 packages of Bic Pens .99
1 Kashi frozen entree $2.85
2 Kashi TLC bars $2.50 each
Subtotal: $24.09 + $1.05 tax = $25.14
I SAVED OVER $80.76!! YAY!
Plus this puts me over the $30 mark to get the $10 rebate for buying the bar soap!
*I will be giving the chef boyardee to the food pantry and the pens to school supplies drives.
Here is my Target Deal that only cost for
.80 total
8 – Packs of Juicy Juice 8 packs
$2.29 each = $18.32 – $4.00 manufacture coupons – $8.00 target coupons = $6.32
8 – Cans of Ravioli
$.87 each = $1.74 – $1.74 manufacture coupons – $7.74 target coupons = $-7.74
only 2 rang up even thought she scanned all 8.
also the 1.50 off of 4 cans rang up at .87 each
then the target coupons rang up as
6 – 1.00 and 2 – .87 thus the total 7.74 off.
10 – Sobe Life Water
$1.00 each = 10.00 – $5 manufacture coupons – $5 target coupons = $0
2 – Boxes Bagel bites
$2.24 each = $4.48 – $2.00 manufacture coupons – $2.00 target coupons = $0.48
6 – Wonka Bars
$2.29 each = $13.74 – $6.00 manufacture coupons – $6.00 target coupons = $1.74
$53.50 total value before coupons
I am not sure what went wrong with the ravioli but only two rung up and all the coupons still came of thus my total was $0.80 rather than $4.50 if the ravioli coupons would have rung up for the correct amount but somehow they rang up lower but it came out better. Weird I know but still one heck of a deal.
So once again .80 cents for all of this great food that my kids and wife love.
Please vote for me. I have never won anything and this would be cool.
It was my daughters Idea to do this as she saw it when Helping me print out the coupons
Please vote for me and my daughter
Thanks
woo hooo go Daniel and Evey!!!!!!!(((( Good luck
thxxxxxxx tay tay
10 – Sobe Life Water
$1.00 each = 10.00 – $5 manufacture coupons – $5 target coupons = $0
Hi -can you tell me more on how to do this deal? If i use 5 B1G1 and then the .50 off of the other sobe –seems like it would be .50 for the one sobe-KWIM?
thanks
c
Christy,
10 sobes = $10
- $5 if you have buy one get one free coupons (5 of them)
- $5 if you have 10 of the 50 cents off Target coupons. These have to be handed to cashier AFTER the buy one get one free coupons. (If you hand them the other way around your total will be $2.50)
Hope this helps!
Good times at CVS…
2 CVS Panty Liners $1
2 Revlon Nail Polishes $7.98
1 Revlon Nail Clippers $2.99
1 Schick Quattro Refills $8.99
1 Zegerid $9.99
2 BioTrue $5.98
3 Dove Milk Chocolate $1.78 (B2G1)
2 M&Ms $1
TOTAL: $40
Minus $4/20 CVS Coupon
Minus 2 $1 Revlon Color Cosmetics Coupons
Minus $5/2 Revlon CVS Coupon
Minus $1 Revlon Tools Coupon
Minus $2 Schick Coupon
Minus $2 Hair Removal CVS Coupon
Minus $3 Zegerid Coupon
Minus 2 $2 BioTrue Coupons
Minus 3 $0.79 Dove CVS Coupons
TOTAL $14
Received:
$1 Panty Liners ECB
$4 Revlon ECBs
$4 Schick ECBs
$3 Zegerid ECBs
$5.98 BioTrue ECBs
$1 M&Ms ECBs
MoneyMaker!: $4 and will submit for $9.99 Zegerid Rebate
Hello all! I went to Rite Aid yesterday because of all the +UP rewards – and this is what I came home with!
Trans. #1:
2 Nivea for Men bodywash
2 Colgate Sensitive Whitening toothpaste
2 Arm & Hammer Spinbrush toothbrushes
1 Listerine Whitening pre-rinse
Total: $27.60
Used:
$5/$25 Rite Aid Video Values coupon
1 – $4/2 Nivea printable
2 – $1 Colgate Sensitive printable
2 – $2 Spinbrush printable
1 – $2 Listerine printable
1 – $1 any Listerine product Rite Aid Video Values coupon
OOP: $10.47 (incl. tax)
Trans. #2:
2 Nivea for Men bodywash
1 Reach Total Care manual toothbrush
1 Nerds (needed to add $.03, and these were by the register on clearance)
Total: $8.01
Used:
1 – $4/2 Nivea printable
$3 +UP from Colgate
$1 +UP from Nivea
OOP: $.50 (incl. tax)
I still have $6 in +UP rewards, and submitted for $2.99 Reach SCR, and should recieve $10 gift card for buying $25 in oral care products – making this trip a $8.02 money maker!! (It would have been even better if I had remembered to take my $1.50 SCR with me…D’Oh!)
I also just noticed I was overcharged for the Listerine…I was charged $7.64, and it should have been $5.49. Hmmmm….need to go back today and get that fixed!
Hey everyone today I had a blast at Smiths ( Kroger affiliate)
I walked out of there with 18 free items, $4.04 in overage and $2.39 cash back! An awesome deal.
Heres what I bought
8 Gillette Body Wash @1.99 used 4 $2.00 qs and 4 B1G1 q’s
( The cashier punched the BW in at 2.99 reg price which gave me a $4.04 in overage)
4 Best life Butter spread @1.00 used 4 $1 q’s
6 Crest Toothpaste @1.00 used 3 $1.00 q’s and 3 $0.50 q’s which doubled to $1.00 ea
My tax total was $1.65 – $4.04 overage = 2.39 cash back
A saving of 106%
Hopefully I can also upload the receipt pic.
Here is my receipt
That is likely WAY COOL for them to have given you the cash overage!!!! WAY TO GO!!!!
I grab the deal for free laptop bag at staples. The original price on the bag is $79.99 but currently on 50% sale so it is $39.99. Plus the 100% back on Staples gift card.
Price for the bag $39.99
Used 10 dollars rewards from batteries -$10.00
Used $15 of $15 staples coupon : – $15.00
Total after coupon and rewards: $14.99 plus tax.
Rebate amount is $39.99
So overage of $25 plus a free laptop bag for my work..
good deal
I had a lot of help from my husband this week, so I got to hit a couple of different of stores. Were pretty much ready for School, a Plane trip, and Potty training now! All for less than the price of a box of diapers! $10.63 before tax
CVS
U Kotex $4.99 – 1Q- 1CRT – 4.99ECB
Pampers $21.99 – 3Q – 10 ECB
Photobook $7.99 – 7.99 ECB
Total = $6.99
Meijer
Fiber Plus Cereal (x3) $2.50 – 1Q
Cinnabon Cereal $3.99 – 3.99 MIR
Toddler Briefs (x3) $2.44
Toddler Undershirts $6.59
-1Q -1Q – 10 for buying $10 of Kellog’s cereal – All ready for potty training!
Crayons (x2) $.25 each
Total=$10.90
Office Depot
6 pack of spiral notebooks (x2) $.50 each
Staples
Backpack (on wheels for my upcoming plane ride!) $32.50 – $32.50 Staples gift card
Pens (x2) $.01 each
Pens $4.99 – 4.74rebate
Paper(x2) $4.99 – 4.98rebate each
Little Boxes $.25each
Notebook $3.79
I used a ‘cashback reward’ gift card from Discover – so $20 of my cashback gave me a $25 giftcard I’m counting that as
-$5 cashback reward
also used a $10/50 office depot coupon!
Total earned $10.42 (Some of this will be a Staples gift card, not cash – but still good!)
Walgreens
Fiber Plus Bars 2/$5 – 1Q – 1Q – 2RR – which I then used on school supplies
Sharpies 2pk (x2) $.69 each
3×5 card holders (x2) $.39 each
Total $3.16
Grand Total: $10.63 !!!! WOW
I know this is probably a silly question, BUT to all those Target shoppers….can you use multiple same item Target Q’s in the same transaction or do you have to do multiple transactions? Thanks
I’m sure it will depend a bit on your store (as Target seems to be that way) but my store has no problem with accepting one target coupon for each item you are purchasing. For example, I bought two razors, two bagel bites and two wonka bars. I used six total Target coupons plus six total manufacturer coupons with no problem, no register beeps either. I was very happy with my Target transaction last night – I love it when there are no beeps!
Multiple trips to Fry’s (a Kroger store) this week to maximize deals!
All coupons listed expire on 7/30 or 7/31 so use them up fast! (And, yes, we do share our abundance with extended family members and friends)
32 Crest toothpaste – on sale for $1
* used coupons that were either 50 or 75 cents off which can be found in Proctor and Gamble inserts from 06/06 and 07/04 as well as SmartSource insert from 06/27
PRODUCT TOTAL – FREE
13 Gillette body wash – on sale for $2.99 each, part of buy 4, save $4 promo
* used Buy 1, get 1 free coupons (each took off $2.99 due to promo deducting $4 at end) and $2 off any one body wash coupon – these can be found in 06/06 and 07/04 Proctor and Gamble inserts
I used 6 Buy one, get one coupons and 7 $2 off coupons.
PRODUCT TOTAL – overage $6.07
2 Old Spice body wash – on sale for $2.99 each, part of buy 4, save $4 promo
* used Buy 1, get 1 free coupon (took off $2.99 due to promo deducting $4 at end) from 07/04 Proctor and Gamble insert and P&G eSaver coupon (https://www.pgesaver.com/default.aspx) for $2 off when you buy two Old Spice body wash
PRODUCT TOTAL – overage $1.01
11 Best Life buttery spread – on sale for 88 cents, coupon deducts full dollar amount
* used $1 off coupons found in 06/13 and 07/11 Red Plum inserts
PRODUCT TOTAL – overage $1.32
Charmin Toilet Paper – 16 pack – on sale for $6.99, part of buy 4, save $4 promo
* used 25 cent coupon from 07/04 Proctor and Gamble insert (all coupons currently valued at $1 so quadrupled the original face value) as well as $3 P&G eSaver coupon (https://www.pgesaver.com/default.aspx)
PRODUCT TOTAL – $1.99
TRIP TOTAL – overage of $6.41
I used the total overage to pay the remainder of the toilet paper, tax on all items and to get my kids some 88 cent per half gallon chocolate milk.
Not in photo – another deal scored at Target store last night
I love it when overage can provide them with a treat we’d otherwise skip! 
2 Schick Hydro 3 razors priced at $6.29 each = $12.58 pretax total
use 2 of each coupon
6/20 SmartSource insert for $4 off Target coupon
6/13 SmartSource insert or $5 off manufacturer coupon
after coupon total – overage $5.42
You can use the overage to buy many other things – like the Willy Wonka chocolate, Bagel Bites, Chef Boyardee and more listed here http://www.commonsensewithmoney.com/2010/07/target-free-wonka-chocolate-bic-and-paper-mate-pens/
I bought my kids a $5 DVD!
Thanks for reading! I hope these coupon match ups help someone. If you appreciate the deal I’ve shared, please vote for my deal!
Hi this is the first time I’ve entered in this contest but I’ve been following the blog and trying to get good deals. I love to get good deals on diapers!
***I did 3 seperate transactions***
1 mini photo album-$1.99
2 Huggies jumbo diapers-$8.99
I used a $5 off $20 video coupon
2 x $1.50 huggies coupon
2 x $2 up reward
2 x $2 rebate check
My total came out to $7.43
One 9 lives 4 pk cat food
2 x huggies jumbo diapers
I used $5 off $20 video value coupon
$8.99 rebate voucher for diapers
$2.50 huggie coupon
My total came out to $3.91
I got 8 x Xtra laundry detergent
I used 8 x $1.00 coupons
3 x $2.00 up rewards
$1.00 up reward
My total came to $1.51.
So I got 4 bags of huggies
8 laundry detergents
1 mini photo album
1 four pack of cat food
(All for $12.85)
I’m new to this so I was pretty excited…I love getting diapers cheap because my 6mth old runs through them andI love getting on here and reading all the great deals. Thanks everybody!
Rite Aid trip spending one penny!
4 SOBE (2 BOGO coupons)
2 Stride gums (BOGO coupon and BOGO sale)
Colgate ($1 off coupon)
Listerine Pocket Packs (50cent off coupon)
Mouse Pad (free from video values)
use previous $7 UP Reward and coupons listed
I PAID ONE CENT AND GOT $4 IN UP REWARDS – $3 FOR COLGATE AND $1 FOR LISTERINE
I made $3.99!
Ugh My pic didn’t show so here it is hopefully! Thanks…Becky
My best deal of the week!!!
Shopped at Kroger for these deals.
I bought
12 boxes of Crayola 24 count crayons
2 Boxes Clairol hair color
1 suave deodorant
1 box Crest toothpaste
1 Covergirl Mascara
1 Covergirl eye shadow
Total after all coupons: -0.17!!!
My cashier looked at me shocked and stuttered—-”I don’t know what to do with that!”
She called over another cashier and she politely told me that they were not allowed to give me cash back so I threw the gum in as an after thought. This made my OOP .77 cents and I had a $4.00 off my next shopping trip print at the register!!!!
My receipt reads total savings 101 percent!!!! I LOVE IT!!!
coupons used:
$4 off shopping coupon
Free box of clairol hair color
$5.00 off 2 boxes of clairol hair color
.50 off deodorant which doubled
.50 off toothpaste which doubled
Free eye shadow with purchase of mascara coupon
and finally $4.00 off total order with purchase of 4 P&G items.
You HAVE TO LOVE COUPONING!!!!!!